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My Macbook Pro's keyboard is malfunctioning and both its shift keys are pressing erratically. Other than that, it is fine.

In Macos 10.11, I solved that problem by using karabiner.

In Linux, Xmodmap didn't worK. Is there some command on setxkbmap that would work?

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  • I edited the file /etc/default/keyboard adding the line XKBOPTIONS="caps:swapescape" to swap my caps lock and my escape key for using Vim. I think you can disable keys as well by using this file. These changes are system wide for all users. I'd add an answer if I had time to look into it fully for you. Also, I'm on Debian. askubuntu.com/questions/342066/… I also needed to install console-common and console-data for it to work (in Debian). Commented Jul 17, 2017 at 15:57
  • I think changes will take effect in /etc/default/keyboard by rebooting without having to run sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration. Commented Jul 17, 2017 at 16:47

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There is a handy program called KeyRemap4MacBook that will let you do this.

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  • Hello! So, I used it (which, by the way, has been renamed to karabiner), but I am using linux right now, and still haven't figured out a way to disable shift keys in ubuntu Commented Jul 16, 2017 at 12:29

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